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As will be seen in Figs. 79-Si these are made either with sub- 

 closets for storage, or completely open. Fig. 79 shows the former 

 open, that the very convenient interior may be studied. In all 

 these the heavy glass top is balanced so that there is no trouble in 

 opening or keeping open at an}' degree. In some cases the balance 

 is by weight at the back or in the legs, but it would seem more 

 convenient to have a strong spring coiled as in the familiar window 



79. TABLE CASE WITH SUBCLOSET. 



shades, or on the camera stands common in America ; but whatever 

 method is used, the cases and their convenience will appeal to any 

 museum manager, apart from all question of cost, and the improved 

 methods of manufadture and consequent increased demand have 

 greatly reduced that. Another question confronted me as to the 

 locks ; I believe a more convenient and better lock is made in this 

 country than any I saw in Europe, but the American lock is prob- 

 ably more costly. All these cases that I have studied in conti- 

 nental museums, are made principally in Dresden, Frankfurt and 

 Leipzig, but work of equal quality, if not of so artistic design is 

 made in the United States, especially in New York, for the many 



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